George Darley, critic of the Athenaeum, played a key role in the critical attack on Turner. His rhetorical strategy, like that of John Eagles of Blackwood's Magazine, is to ridicule the work and to hint that the author is mad, quoting several passages to support his claims (see here). He draws an interesting comparison between Ruskin and William Hazlitt (see here). Darley's attack on both Turner and Ruskin centred on Darley's continuing belief in the theories outlined in Reynolds's Discourses (1769-90), especially the maxim that the general idea should take precedence over the depiction of particular detail (see here). Darley's argument against the accurate representation of nature (see here), was quoted and replied to in the Preface to the second edition ( MP I:xxxi). Darley ended his review by quoting a passage from the chapter 'On Truth of Colour' to support his claim that Ruskin's style was over-elaborate (see here).